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The deal put forward might win the prime minister support at home but Brussels also has to get on board.
Some of Northern Ireland’s biggest problems have nothing to do with leaving the EU, but all anyone talks about now is the backstop.
What is Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan?
Northern Ireland’s youngest constituents politely request that politicians stop whining about Brexit.
The House of Representatives speaker repeatedly said the UK can forget about a trade deal with the US if it fails to meet its obligations to the Good Friday Agreement.
Years after voting to leave the EU, the UK still has no clear plan of how to make Brexit work. These five articles chart the history of an intractable problem.
What do Theresa May’s last minute Brexit guarantees mean for the Irish border?
It now looks increasingly certain that the deadline for a deal will be extended beyond March 29. But what happens after that?
Brussels is certainly firm on its red lines, but it’s not as intransigent as many in the UK portray it to be.
The question of what to do on the Irish border issue has become more about identity than practicality.
The Irish premier Leo Varadkar leads a minority government that is holding steady despite a rocky start.
The prime minister has failed to present anything different to parliament. Here’s what could happen now.
The Northern Ireland Assembly will be consulted on the backstop, but there will no veto.
The prime minister may have won a vote of no confidence in her leadership, but Theresa May will struggle to get what she needs from Brussels.
The EU doesn’t want a temporary solution to become permanent.
While one of the most contentious Brexit issues, politicians forget the essential human aspect of the border as a place that is lived in and loved.
Like Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem, the Brexit target was a figment of everyone’s imagination.
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